Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: There is a 100% correlation between access to clean energy and poverty. We have talked about having access to clean energy is important, and the market will decide what the less developed countries can use. Elevating the 1.5+ Billion out of poverty, while being good stewards of our earth is a critical mindset. China appears to be taking advantage of the low prices in coal to gain political and monetary advantages in the lesser developed countries. This does not help the efforts to lower pollution.